Courts & Law

A St. Louis County prosecutor says Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges for the 2014 killing. Wesley Bell says he can't prove a crime was committed.

Even if officers assault civilians, they rarely face repercussions — and sometimes get promoted, newly released documents show.

The idea is to reduce points of friction for people seeking help to get into medical treatment. The program now includes 12 of 39 police departments in Bucks.

One of two programs like it in the nation, the N.J. effort provides pro bono attorneys to immigrants in detention. More than 50% with a lawyer have been released.

The negotiated plan includes a “robust presence” of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland.

Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America.

The White House anticipates legal challenges.

Six U.S. mayors asked Congress to pass legislation to block the Trump administration from deploying federal law enforcement to cities without their officials' consent.

Ian Smith and Frank Trumbetti were charged with contempt, obstruction and related offenses.

Wolf had argued Grove’s bill was flawed and would endanger state workers by forcing them to return to offices during an emergency, like the current pandemic.

Police officers were advised by radio not to leave their vehicles unattended. Some officers took their patrol cars to garages.

The court expressed a frosty attitude toward election lawsuits in four cases this year — from Wisconsin, Texas, Alabama and Florida.

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarr was defrocked in 2019 at age 89 after a church investigation determined he sexually abused minors, as well as adult seminarians.

Cynthia Baldwin, the second Black woman to serve on the Pa. Supreme Court, says Chief Justice Thomas Saylor treated her unfairly in disciplinary proceedings.

The city’s request for National Guard troops was well-documented, but the city was also quietly requesting support from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.